Notes:

• Test structure, but recognized as first wire bridge in France.
• See 1865 Moulin - Vernosc-lès-Annonay, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002008

Notes:

• Often credited as being the first large wire suspension bridge in France (and elsewhere). Rebuilt 1847 as a footbridge. Removed 1965.
• Near 1849 Marc Seguin - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France.
• Near 1958 Gustave Toursier - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000156

Notes:

• Destroyed August 30, 1944. Rebuilt 1946.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008624

Notes:

• Replaced by 1859 Doux - St Jean de Muzols and Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017173

Notes:

• Replaced by 1933 Sablons - Sablons, Isère and Serrières, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001506

Notes:

• 1944: Heavily damaged.
• 1945: Repaired and reopened.
• Similar to Saint-Vallier - Saint-Vallier, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Bourg St-Andéol - 1830
• Structurae - Structure ID 20015893

Notes:

• Two side spans meeting at a single midstream tower.
• Later at same location 1949 (footbridge) - Valence, Drôme and Guilherand-Granges, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20009700

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont des Vans - 1832

Notes:

• AAJ notes the contract was let in late 1831 and guesses at 1833 as the year of completion. 1832 is more likely given the rate at which these early iron wire French bridges were constructed.

Notes:

• The current (2022) bridge at this location is built on the piers of the suspension bridge.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Ruoms - 1838

Notes:

• Damaged by flood, 1840. Rebuilt and reopened, 1843. Damaged by floods, 1856 and 1881.
• Replaced by 1931 Teil - Le Teil, Ardèche and Montélimar, Drôme, France.

Notes:

• Failed 1856, rebuilt 1858, destroyed 1940 (war), rebuilt 1942, destroyed 1944 (war), rebuilt 1946, restricted to pedestrians, 1983. Abandoned in the 1990s. Stood in a derelict state for several years.
• 2013: Work is completed to replace the derelict deck with a suspension footbridge that sits on the original piers but does not use the towers of the former suspension bridge. This new installation is tracked separately.
• Replaced by 2013 Himalayenne (Rochemaure, Himalayan) - Rochemaure, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Pont de Rochemaure — Wikipédia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20002995

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20077356

External Links:

• Wikipedia - Pont du Robinet
• Structurae - Structure ID 20003002

Notes:

• Later at same location 1954 Viviers - Viviers, Ardèche and Châteauneuf-Du-Rhône, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20062498

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017972

Notes:

• A second bridge at Tournon, by Seguin, approximately 100 meters downstream from his 1825 bridge. Restored 1989.
• Near 1825 Tain-Tournon - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain, Drôme, France.
• Near 1958 Gustave Toursier - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000896

Notes:

• AAJ assumes completion in 1856 based on an 18-month contract let in August 1854. Appears to have been a quite dramatic bridge, with very large castellated towers, on an alignment adjacent to the current twin-arch bridge.

Notes:

• Replaced 1828 Doux - St Jean de Muzols and Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Deuxième pont du Doux - St Jean de Muzols - 1859

Notes:

• Structurae equates this bridge (which was replaced in 2012-2013) to the famous Seguin Brothers test structure at Annonay. Other sources suggest the derelict bridge replaced in 2012-2013 only dated to the 1860s. The detailed description and depiction of the Seguin's Annonay bridge in Tom F. Peters book on early 19th-century suspension bridges definitely does not resemble the 19th-century Moulin bridge. Peters describes the 1822-1823 Seguin bridge as a very narrow, very light, catwalk-style bridge. Peters additionally describes the main cables: "It had a single continuous parallel wire cable made of eight 1.23mm (no. 8 gauge) wires."
• Replaced by 2013 Moulin - Vernosc-lès-Annonay, Ardèche, France.
• See 1822 (footbridge) - Annonay, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Pont de Moulin sur Cance — Wikipédia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20002008

Notes:

• Near 1889 La Voulte-sur-Rhône - La Voulte-sur-Rhône, Rhône, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20006497

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20013360

Notes:

• Destroyed, 1944. Rebuilt, 1950.
• Replaced 1839 Teil - Le Teil, Ardèche and Montélimar, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001106

Notes:

• Replaced 1828 Sablons - Sablons, Isère and Serrières, Ardèche, France.
• Replaced by 1951 Sablons - Sablons, Isère and Serrières, Ardèche, France.

Notes:

• Collapsed, 1995. One tower remains.
• Replaced Saint-Didier-sous-Aubenas - Saint-Didier-sous-Aubenas, Ardèche, France.

Notes:

• At former location of 1830 Valence - Valence, Drôme and Guilherand-Granges, Ardèche, France.

Notes:

• Replaced 1933 Sablons - Sablons, Isère and Serrières, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002996

Notes:

• At former location of 1847 Viviers - Viviers, Ardèche and Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20013070

Notes:

• Near 1825 Tain-Tournon - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain, Drôme, France.
• Near 1849 Marc Seguin - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20012581

Notes:

• Built on the rehabilitated piers of the older Rochemaure bridge.
• Replaced 1842 Rochemaure - Rochemaure, Ardèche and Ancône, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Pont de Rochemaure — Wikipédia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20083462

Notes:

• Effectively a reproduction of the prior Moulin bridge.
• Replaced 1865 Moulin - Vernosc-lès-Annonay, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Pont de Moulin sur Cance — Wikipédia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20002008

Notes:

• AAJ supposes this bridge was completed in 1842 based on a contract let in 1840 proposing a two-year construction period, but other material suggest the bridge was built later.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Beauchastel - 1842

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20025906

External Links:

• Facebook - Ancienne passerelle des Issoux. Image of the bridge.
• Facebook - Ancienne passerelle des Issoux. Image of the bridge.
• Facebook - Ancienne passerelle des Issoux. Image of the bridge.
• Facebook - La passerelle des Issoux 1962 Archives départementales. Image of the bridge.
• Facebook - La passerelle des Issoux 1962 Archives départementales. Image of the bridge.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008862

Notes:

• Replaced by 1936 Saint-Didier-sous-Aubenas - Saint-Didier-sous-Aubenas, Ardèche, France.

Notes:

• BPF and other sources list this bridge as having been completed in 1821 or 1823, but it is very unlikely the bridge was completed that early. An abandoned pier for another bridge is visible in some images of the bridge. It is possible there was another, earlier, bridge at this location for which the early 1820s completion date may be applicable. Other sources suggest the suspension bridge represented here was completed in 1893.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Passerelle de Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux - 1823
• Structurae - Structure ID 20002007